Example Sentences

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The helpless rage in the unchildish eyes, the shaking voice, as he cried out in answer, were a shock.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

He might have been forty judging by his hard, unchildish expression.

From A Girl of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene

They're unchildish imps, these Children of the City, Bold and blasé, though their life has scarce begun, Growing callous little ruffians—ah, the pity!—

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 by Various

He stood as he had stood before, his small, old, unchildish face turned up to the German, his black eyes fixed unwaveringly upon her gray ones.

From Many Kingdoms by Jordan, Elizabeth Garver

Therefore I kissed in thee The heart of Childhood, so divine for me; And her, through what sore ways, And what unchildish days, Borne from me now, as then, a trackless fugitive.

From Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters by Thompson, Francis